King of Thieves 2003

King of Thieves 2003

King of Thieves 2003

King of Thieves 2003
König der Diebe (original title)
1h 41m | Drama | 2003 (Austria)

Storyline:

Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, 10-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other; he sells Mimma into prostitution, while Marcel, an older Albanian boy, teaches Barbu how to snatch purses. When Barbu discovers what happened to Mimma, he decides to free her from the brothel.

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The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993
L’enfant lion (original title)
1h 26m | Family | 16 June 1993 (France)

Storyline:

Set in the past, follows young African boy who uses his friends, the wild animals, to defend his village from Arab slave traders.

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The Lambs 1996

The Lambs 1996

The Lambs 1996

The Lambs 1996
Les agneaux (original title)
1h 30m | Drama | 28 June 1999 (France)

Storyline:

In a village of the French Juras, Daniel, 15, and Marie, 14, live in the shadow of their brutal, domineering father, who can only express his love through violence. When their mother dies, the two inseparable children flee into the forest pursued by their father.

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Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001
2h 6m | Drama | May 2001 (France)

Storyline:

Describes the life of homeless people who form a community in the center of modern-day Moscow. It relates the story of six couples who love each other and try to remain together despite the poverty and despair of their existence.

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Choose Connor 2007

Choose Connor 2007

Choose Connor 2007

Choose Connor 2007
1h 49m | Drama | 12 October 2007 (USA)

Storyline:

Idealistic 15-year old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.

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Amissa Anima 2021

Amissa Anima 2021

Amissa Anima 2021

Amissa Anima 2021
15m | Short, Drama | 4 June 2022 (Australia)

Storyline:

In the early 1980’s in St Kilda, a network of pedophiles preyed on street kids as young as 10 years old. The boys who survived this trauma, now as adults have shared their stories and collaborated in writing a short screen drama in a journey to personal and social healing. Four boys survive on the night streets of St Kilda in the 1980s, turning tricks for a feed and drugs. The fragile balance is broken when an act of betrayal pushes them to perform an unspeakable act.

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A Place Called Dignity 2021

A Place Called Dignity 2021

A Place Called Dignity 2021

A Place Called Dignity 2021
Un lugar llamado dignidad (original title)
1h 39m | Drama | 15 August 2021 (Chile)

Storyline:

Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad, established in Chile by German settlers. He quickly becomes the favorite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses the strangest things that happen there: abuse, disappearances and demon-like creatures used to scare children. But in this wicked world, a revolution is brewing, and it may be the only way for Pablo to get out.

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Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958
2h 4m | Drama | 24 June 1958 (India)

Storyline:

Kanchan, all of eight years old is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, till he reaches there. But the glimpses of reality are harsher and the victims he meets give him a different view of the city. He himself has to struggle for survival and experiences life as it is, only to go back to his village home. This time as a mature person and with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.

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